Kampala [Uganda], January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Torrential rains, floods and a mudslide have affected 800 people in three sub-counties in the western Ugandan district of Kisoro, a relief agency said on Thursday.
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The upper house of Kazakhstan's parliament on Thursday decided to cancel Nursultan Nazarbayev's lifetime chairmanship in the country's Security Council and the Assembly of People, the country's Kazinform news agency reported.
Hong Kong, January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted 219 kilometres of West-Northwest of Pangai, Tonga at 06:40:07 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.
Paris [France], January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Advisors to the heads of states and governments of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia, met on Wednesday in Paris under the Normandy format and called for an unconditional ceasefire in the Donbas region of Ukraine.
London [UK], January 27 (ANI): An international cross-party network of legislators across the European Union, the United Kingdom, India, Australia and Canada have called on their governments to block investors from bankrolling firms perpetrating forced labour abuses in China's Xinjiang provi
Seoul [South Korea], January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea's daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a new record high due to the spread of the Omicron variant, the health authorities said on Thursday.
Ottawa [Canada], January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada has found 51 cases of a new Omicron subvariant known as BA.2 mainly from international travelers, according to local media CTV on Wednesday.
Hong Kong, January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Hong Kong reported 107 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours on Wednesday, taking the total tally to 13,626, according to data from the Center for Health Protection.
Manila [Philippines], January 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 15,789 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, raising the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,475,293.
Seoul [South Korea], January 26 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea's childbirth hit a record low in November 2021, fuelling worry about the so-called demographic cliff, statistical office data showed Wednesday.
Cairo [South Africa], January 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 10,609,112 as of Tuesday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
Washington [US], January 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The US Coast Guard said Tuesday it is searching for 39 people who were missing after a vessel reportedly capsized off Florida during the weekend.